Both are by the sculptor Frank Dobson and were unveiled on 10th June 1954 by John Masefield, Poet Laureate. A memorial had first been proposed for Keats in 1939 but a decision was deferred due to the ...

In between, at the Robert Frost Foundation event ... On Thursday, Gorham read “Ode to a Grecian Urn” by English poet John Keats (1795-1821), including the lines: “Beauty is truth, truth ...

Keats initially trained as a surgeon but gave it up to write poetry. Six months after completing To Autumn, he experienced the first signs of the tuberculosis that would end his life. In the poem ...

Please contact Liverpool University Press for availability about this product In late December 1817, when attempting to name "what quality went to form a Man of Achievement especially in Literature," ...

English poet John Keats will be immortalised in a bronze sculpture, unveiled near his birthplace in Moorgate next week, it ...

Singest of summer in full-throated ease. Written by one of the greats of English poetry, “Ode to a Nightingale” is John Keats ...

Paul Engle noted that “poetry is ordinary language raised to the nth power.” As if by magic, poetry books capture feelings that are often elusive and put into words our deepest pain and ...

Hip-hop star Akala explores the language and themes of John Keats’ poem ‘Bright Star’ with the poet Daljit Nagra. They discuss how the poem focuses on the transient nature of life and ...

In fact, while he admired Keats, Clare thought that his contemporary was writing about nature to suit his imagination, rather than the other way round. In Our Time on R4 - the Poetry of John Clare ...

The key thing to do when comparing poems is to note the points where they ... how life is swiftly passing by and is regretful in tone. Keats’ poem is far more of a celebration of the power ...

As readers we are invited to share in Keats’ thought process. We are effectively drawn in by a lively and vibrant description before being asked to consider one of life’s big questions – why ...

The poem is about everything slowing down and coming to a halt. The poet describes how the year itself winds down towards winter – much like how a person’s life fades with time. The poem ...